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Thomas County cat., 1887-08-11
LEARNING TO THINK.

What Led Sir Isaac Newton to Invent the
Attraction OF Gravitatl0n.
Sir Isaac Newton, of Newton Center,
Mass. was one of the greatest think
ers that ever carried thinker in his
bootleg. Whatever he saw he en-
deavored to find out cause for it.
But as he was thinking all the time he
didn't see great deal. One day. as
he was sitting in the garden. oiling up
his thinker, he saw an apple fall from
a tree. Most men would have supposed
that it fell of its own accord, but Sir
Isaac had been boy himself losg be-
fore founding the theological semina-
ry which perpetuates his name. which.
by the way. is a very easy one to spell.
He at once le,an to wonder what
made the apple fall; some foolish peo-
pie say that he wondered why it didn't
fall up instead of down, but that is all
rubbish. Sir Isaac was no fool If he
was a philosopher, and he knew that
every thing falls down except q wig.
and that false hair.
Alter pronounced awfter) much
thought and study upon the subject.
he discovered the cause; he noticed
that apples were more apt to fall down
after school was dismissed than during
study hours. So the next time he went
into the garden he lay low. and when
the apple fell he held his breath until
the cause came swiftly over the fence
to pick up the effect Sir Isaac collared
the boy, for it was he, and taught him
how easily pain might be produced by
the rapid infringement of . common
apple switch upon exposed or only
partially protected portions of the hu-
man form divine. He illustrated his
theory with q few simple experiments
such as boy of ordinary intelligence
could easily comprehend. This valu-
able discovery of Sir Isaac's has been a
great boon to. grown-up humanity. It
is now universally known that apples
are more apt to fall when there are q
tAu boys at large in the vicinity than
Thomas County cat., 1887-08-11

at any other time. and that apples WIN
fall for boy. when they might have
defed the laws Of gravitation for
months longer. This sublime fact
teaches Us that notifications that are
At frst artificial are rendered spon-
taneous by heredity.
This incident Of the apple tree. how
ever. had one bad effect upon Sir Isaac.
1t led him to hate boys, and he devot-
ed much of his time to making life q
burden to them. With this revenge
full object in view he invented the at
traction of gravitation. and by joint
resolution of Congress, which he easily
accomplished by persuading the mem-
bers Of the House that there was q big
appropriation in it, he got it estab-
lished as a fundamental law of nature.
with jurisdiction over the tides, the
seasons and the movements of tho
planets. and many other things which
boys have since been compelled to
learn. So it is that whenever boy
sees an apple he thinks of Sir Isaac
Newton first, and then he thinks Of
some way to get the apple. and by and
BY he wonders if he can find the pain
killer in the dark, and then he thinks
how awful it would be to die there. all
alone. in the night. and then he thinks
if he lives till morning he will give the
rest OF his apples TO his little brother.
and thus You see quite a train Of
thought is awakened in the boys mind
by Sir Isaac's great discovery.
Sir Isaac never took out a patent on
his discovery. but the Bell Telephone
Company claims that the principle is
covered by their invention and the
patents relating thereto. and if the
courts sustain this claim, as they prob,
ably will, every time a man picks up
any thing that has dropped down. he
will have to pay the telephone compa-
ny royalty, and every time he has
any thing to do with the telephone
company he will drop something
Robert j. Burlette, in Brooklyn Eagle.
Thomas County cat., 1887-08-11
NEW INDUSTRY FOR WOMEN.

"A Now York Lady Finds Lucrative EN-
ployment and Opens . New Field OF
Labor for Women.
A new industry for women is begin
ming to evolve itself in New York.
which may yet do much toward solving
she vexed servant girl question. Some
three months ago a woman of a good
New York family. educated and capa-
Ole. left widow without money. and
having served no apprenticeship to
any of the industries by which women
earn bread and butter. began to think
Of putting her pride in her pocket and
turing her notable housekeeping tai
-cnts to account by looking for service
IN family as cook.
Considering the matter further, it
occurred to her that she could do bet
ter. Securing with some little effort.
the project being novel one. . client
age of half dozen families in her inn
mediate ncighborhood that were groan-
Ing under dyspepsia, induced by slight
housekeeping" she began to send out
three times a day. delicately cooked
and daintily served meals. Her vent
.ure was SO Immediately successful that
'ehc looked up New England house
keeper and couple of stout-armed
Swedish girl to help her. and her busi-
aacss sprang. almost in 3 single night
TO the utmost dimensions that she could
handle.
Sho has twenty-one families on her
list at present, I think, to whom she
supplies just that wholesome round of
breakfasts, lunches and dinners that
ahc average house-mother would offer
10 husband and little folks. Fruit in
season. in the morning. oatmeal or
wheaton grits, fish. steak or chops; q
side dish. such rs stewed kidneys,
sausage, liver and bacon. eggs; coffee,
lea OR chocolate, bread and butter,
milk and sugar. Soup, fish roast,
fiarec vegetables, dessert and coffee
make up the dinner. all of which is
sent out at . cost Of seven dollars q
Thomas County cat., 1887-08-11
POINTS FOR LADIES.

Interesting ThinGs That Every W1dee
Awake Woman Wants to Knew.
Neapolitan straw bonncts have been
revived.
Sewing machine silk grenadcs are
again in style.
Silk dresses are exceedingly fashion
able again.
Lace dresses are exceedingly popular
this season.
Stylish young ladies are favoring the
gypsy bonnet.
Fine steel embroidery is fashionable
and expensive.
White and gold is fashionable coa1
bination for evening wear. !
White noire has been much usoa
this month for brides dresses.
Ribbon trimmings are much used On
lace and muslin dresses.
The bishop sleeve is a prominent
feature in some Of the new gowns.
French hats called Trianon are
worn with Marie Antoinette toilets.
Soft cloth hats in English walking
hat shape, with sloping crown and
rolled brim. are imported BY New
York hatters and tailors for ladies'
wear with travelling costumes and for
boating or tennis.
Althought faille franchise and faiIle
duchesse are the favorite materials for
rich toilets. stripes Of satin or Moire
are used beneath the beaded orna-
A. .
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Thomas County cat., 1887-08-11

When the knight of old wanted -
protect his girl he put his arm0r round
her Xonkeys GatesmaR
Thomas County cat., 1887-08-11

Cash Surplus is the name Of .
Texas editor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12
Finish What You Begin.

My old great-grandmother Knox had
a way of making her children finish
their work If they had begun thing.
they must complete it. If they under
took to build cob house, they must
not leave it until it was done, and moth
ing Of the work or play to which they
set their hands would she allow them TO
abandon incomplete. ! sometimes wish
| had been trained in this way. How
much of life is wasteu in unfinished
work! Many Il man uses up his time N
splendid beginnings The labor de-
voted to commence ten things and leave
them useless would finish five of them
and make them profitable and useful.
Finish your work. Life is brief; time
is short. Stop beginning forty things,
and go back and finish four - Christian
Observer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12
SIKH SOLDIERS.
Finely-Built Men Who Add Considerable
Strength to the Bengal Army.

Finely-Built Men Who Add Considerable
Strength to the Bengal Army.
When we conquered the Puniab the
Sikhs, who had composed Runieet
Singh's army, enlisted freely in our
newly-raised regiments, and now there
is scarcely a regiment in the Bengal
army in which there are not one or more
companies of these men. They arc
gifted with all the qualities which go to
make good soldier. Physically they
are very fine fellows, averaging in our
regiments fully five feet eight inches,
with Il chest of thirty-six inches. They
are brave and wonderfully enduring;
very abstemious in their diet, seldom
touching meat, and living principally
on unleavcned bread with little clari-
fed butter, and occasionally Il little
coarse sugar or molasses. They are
splendid walkers, and when going to
their homes on leave will often average
thirty or forty miles Il day for a week
together in the hottest weather. They
are very handy, us may be supposed, in
the use of the spade, and can throw up
entertainments rapidly and well. and
they are also very expert in the loading
of baggage animals | have seen many
instances of their bravery. One may
mention. We had advanced up Il hill
to take II position on an exceedingly
hot day in April. One of my officers
succumbcd to the heat and fell fainting
just as we reached the position. His
orderly was carrying bottle of soda
water. This he poured over his head,
and it had the effect of reyiyiug him
We remained under fire here for some
time, and then the object Of the advance
having been accomplished the force
was withdrawn and we were directed
to retire. We did so, followed by the
enemy. When we had gone back some
distance the orderly suddenly remcm-
bered that he had left the empty bottle
behind and calmly proposed that lie
should, mt the risk of his life, go bacl;
OF Il. -MacniliaR'S Nagagihe
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12
THE IRON MASK.
Some Thoughts Suggested by the Fate of
Its Mysterious Wearer.

Its Mysterious Wearer.
He was the most noted man ever in
iron, though his transactions were nee
essarily limited. Yet he was head and
ears in iron, and no matter what the
state of the market might be, he was
always caring the same quantity. For
man isolated from society and shut in
by so much iron, fortune compelled him
to carry great deal on his shoulders
Although the name of the man in the
iron mask has never been satisfactorily
determined, so well was the secret
kept, yet it has been generally con-
ceded that he was man of noble
blood. 1t must have been only through
a pretense that bis blood was bad that
his political physicians prescribed iron,
and when it was administered, poor
fellow, it went to his head. What IRON
clad oaths he must have INDUCED in,
because he was compelled to take his
medicine!
His keeper was undoubtedly hard and
cruel like his mask, and took delight in
jibing him. II he caught him blubber-
inc over his fate he reminded him, with
malicious irony, that prisoners were not
allowed to get up masked bawls in the
Bastle. The mask resembled an iron
pot, and if they played little game of
poker together and the mask won he
was saluted with the ironic remark
1.-THE pot is yours"
1t was hard Joke.
Itmay have been that the mask him
self had his facetious moments. and
asked his TAILOR if he wouldn't be kind
enough to knock the top of his head OIL,
adding: "If rmasking too much. say
so."
What fine opportunity he had for
telling the prison Washerwoman that
she need only wash his night cap, he
could iron it himself orapplying to the
authorities Tor some restorative war
ranted TO bring out the hair.-TerGs
SytingS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12
HEROES OF THE LlFE-BoATs.

Up goes the Lytham signal st. Anne's has
summoned hands,
Knee-deep in surf the life-boats launched
abreast of Southport sands
Half deafened by the screaming wind, half
blinded by the rain,
Three crews await their coxswains, and face the
hurricane
The stakes arc death or duty! No man has an
swered No!
Lives must be saved out yonder OH the doomed
Did ever night look blackery Did sea SO hiss
before?
Did ever womens voices wall more piteous on
the shorey
Out from three ports OF Lancashire that night
went ifeboats three,
To fght splendid battle, manned by Warriors
Of the Sea!
Along tss sands of Southport, brave women
held their breath,
For they knew that those who loved them were
fighting hard with death.
A cheer went out from Lytham the tempest
tost II back,
As the gallant lads OF Lancashire bent to the
waves attack;
And girls who dwell about ST. Anne's, with
faces white with fright.
Pray God would still the tempest, that dark
December night.
Sons, husbands, lovers, brothers, they'd given
up their ALL
These noble English women, heartsick at duty
call;
But not cheer, or tear, OF prayer from those
who bent the knee,
Came out across the waves to nerve those War
riors OF the Sea!
Three boats went out from Lancashire: but one
came back to tell
The story of that hurricane, the tale of ocean s
All safely reached the Mexico, their trysting
place to keep,
For one there was the rescue, the others in the
deep
Fell in the arms of victory dropped tc their
lonely grave,
Their passing bell the tempest their requiem
They chung to life like sailors they fell to death
like men,
Where, in our roll of heroes? When in our
Have Englishmen been drawer, or fought more
Loyalty
With death that comes by duty to the Warriors
of the Sea?
One boat came back to Lytham its noble duty
done,
But at St. Anne's and Southport the prize Of
Won by those gallant fellows who went men
lives to save,
And died there crowned with glory! enthroned
upon the wave
Within ropes throw of the wreck the English
sailors fell,
A blessing on their faithful lips when ocean rang
their knell;
Weep not for them, dear women! cease wiring
ing Of your hands
Go out to meet your heroes across the South
port sands!
Grim death for them is stingless! The grave has
victory
Gross oars and bear them nobly home! Brave
Warriors Of the Sea!
When in dark nights of winter, fierce storms
of wind and rain
Howl round the coy homestead and lash the
window pane,
When over hill and tree-top we hear the tenn
pest roar,
And hurricanes go sweeping on from valley to
the Shore
When nature seems to stand at bay and silent
terror comes,
And those we love on earth the best are gath
cred in our homes
Think of the sailors round the coast who, bray
ing sleet or snow
Leave sweethearts wives and little ones when
duty bids them GO
Think of our seagirt island harbor where
alone
No Englishman to save a life has failed to risk
his own
Then when the storm howls loudest pray of your
charity
That God will bless the lifeboat! and the War
riors Of the Sea
London Punch.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12
EUROPEAN PRINCES.

Hundreds of Able Bodied Men Who Live
at the Expense of Oppressed People.
The ruling houses of Europe number
40S masculine members. The one hav-
ing the greatest number is the House of
Holstein, which counts fifty-three, di-
vided into numerous branches: Russia
(Gottorp-Romanof), 25; Augustenburg,
4; Denmark (Glucksburg), 10; Greece,
4, and Oldenburg, T. The House of
Weilin has fifty members, divided as
follows; Weimar, IL; Meiningen, A;
Altenburg, 4; Royal Saxony, 6; Coburg,
9; England, 8; Belgium (Coburg), 4;
and Portugal (Coburg), 4. The House
Of Bourbon has A Princes; Is French
Bour5ons. ii Sicilian Boubons, 3 of
Parma and 10 of Spain. The House OF
Lippe has 50 Princes. The House of
Hapsburg-Lorraine has no fewer than
SO Archdukes, The House of Whites
bach (Bayalia), % Princes. The House
OF Hohenzollern 20 Princes; the Reuss
and Lichtenstein have the same num-
Der. Next in order come Hesse with 10,
Mecklenburg 10. Waldeck II, Savoy =,
Wur&qmbrrg 9, Bcrmadottc (Sweden( Z,
Blden 6, Schwarzburg 1, Anhalt !,
Braganza (BraziD !, Guelph 4, Petro-
-Njegosch (Montenegro) 3, Orange
43, and finally Obrenowics (SeIviW :.
--C.icag0 inter Oceam
A \
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

In Chicago are two or three women
who earn a living by making button
holes for othcrwomen who have neither
the patie4ce nor skill to do this branch
of sewing. They charge twenty-five
cents dozen, and can earn from one
dollar to dollar and half day -
CRicaQo Ho""'5
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-02-12

An Albany On. " toboggan chute
sends the passengers down ut the rate
Of ninety-three miles an hour.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05
a Case of Dog Eat Dog.
Washington Critic.

w dSHlUStOH CflCic.
Lolling down the avenue like big New
foundland dog, the huge, brawny form of
John Westlake attracted no little attention.
cold Westlalte" is familiar figure almost
anywhere west of the Rockies He is one
of the few remaining sporting men of earlier
days. Speaking of gambling" he said,
these eastern chaps dgn't know what it
means; and as for tricks why they be way
behind the men that handled the pasteboards
half century ago. One of the Slickest
tricks ever saw was worked to the queens
taste in Denver faro room. The boys had
been hitting The bank purity heavy, and, al
though it was early in the night, the bank
was several thousand dollars loser. Dave
Keets was running the game, and finally
took the deal himself. / knew something
was coming. and determined to stay and
see the fun out. Half an hour had passed,
and it was near the end of deal, when one
of the players asked for cigar. Dave said
to the stranger, in the most natural way
Imaginable:
TRY one of these 1t is brand smoke
myself, and he began fumblng in lower
drawer, his head being below the table.
The lookout at this moment turned his
head to address remark to q bystander,
and the box was left unprotected. In that
brief space of time small fortune was lost.
The stranger who had asked for the cigar
reached over and showing the top card dis
closed the queen of hearts and then re-
placed it before the dealer resumed his posi-
ton. Handing over the cigar Dave / ada
motion to shove the top card, but ha 1 4
dozen voices called to him to hold up. VI
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05
On the New Dress Materials.

Nothing much simpler than some of the
new French spring costumes in camers
hair, silk etamine or cashmere could be de-
vised, and yet, there is nothing more essen
TALLY Partisan, to their minutest details.
than these very gowns. Most dressmakers
can produce complicated toilet, laden
with garlntures of various kinds and sorts,
but few. and only those most practlced and
gifted, can capably design dress that
sllak,be at once simple, yet irreproachable
in as effect
A walking costume much in voge has the
skirt draped on the left side only, where it
remains open over all underskirt. Large
buttons are placed on one side, and button
holes to correspond on the other, so that the
skirt appears to have been left unbuttoned
A superior quality of foulard called Sag
alien comes in all shades of violet, dark
blue and gay. Striped and checked mer-
veilleuX in changeable shades and embroid-
cred rhadames are combined with plain
goods. There is also. q lovely assortment
in stamped foulards
Lawns, percale and coutlle or jean as
thick almost as pique, are the cotton fabrics
most used by French dreSsmakers.
Dresses in general are becoming more and
more Intricate in their composition, even
those comparatively simple in appearance.
Spring walking costumes are very simple
They are generally of some light cloth of
fancy WOODEN material, combined with plain
silk.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-05

Take women by themselves. away from the
other sex. and there is no foolishness among
them concerning themselves. They are per-
fectly frank with each other concerning
their figures and features, and assist each
other with admirable good humOr. 1t is
quite different with men. For three years
have been in the hat business, and in that
time have seen more genuine vanity than in
all my life before. Nine men out of ten are
either vain or Indifferent. The average
man doesn't know what he wants, and
while you are showing him goods he changes
his mind half dozen times. 1t is no I'M
common thing in my store for customer
to stand forty times before the mirror. each
time with hat on his head. Sometimes
he will take three or four looks at one hat
during the course of his search. In the
matter OF extravaganza, too the women are
not the only offenders. Men will pay SIS to
S12 for silk hats, or So to 81 for round
crowned hats made by well known manu-
facturer, whose name is supposed to lead
the local world of hat fashions when they
know very well that articles of Identical
merit in every particular can be purchased
at saving OF from 80 to SIS elsewhere.
They do this simply because they are vain
enough to wish to be able to say, on Oc
casion, that their hat is from so and so, the
fashionable. l know men whose incomes
do not exceed $50 a month who eXpend i'm
year not less than $40 for hats. Few
women spend larger SUMS"